"The parts of this music have no titles; they are simply numbered No. 1-No. 5"--Podeschi., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens +H769: Inscribed: Miss Emily Fisher with Mrs. Gregory's love., For piano., and Mrs. J. Gregory, "mother to the celebrated infants, Harpist & Neaera."
Publisher:
A.M. Pigott
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Dombey and Son, Fisher, Emily--Presentation inscription from Mrs. J. Gregory, and Gregory, J.,--Mrs.--Presentation inscription to E. Fisher
Nicholas Nickleby quadrilles ; Nickleby galop and Nickleby galop.
Description:
"Humbly dedicated to the Brothers Cheeryble.", For piano., and I. Kate -- II. Mantalini -- III. Nicholas -- IV. Smike -- V. Squeers. The Nickleby galop.
Ashley, Alfred Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Cricket on the hearth
Published / Created:
[1846?]
Call Number:
Gimbel/Dickens +H754 1
Image Count:
3
Description:
"The top half of the first page of this music is occupied by Alfred Ashley’s elaborate etching, ’The cricket’s invitation,’ inspired, as was the music, by Cricket on the hearth" --Podeschi. and At head of title: Musical bouquet.
The musical score with lyrics of a drinking song "The jolly Bacchanalians" with a copy of William Hogarth's "A midnight modern conversation" which shows a large party of men smoking, drinking, and singing around a table with a large bowl in the center. Several of the men are clearly intoxicated, one has fallen off his chair, lost his wig and is sprawled on the ground
Alternative Title:
Jolly Bacchanalians
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: Universal harmony, or, The gentleman & ladies' social companion. London : Printed for the proprietors & sold by J. Newbery at the Bible & Sun in St. Paul's Church Yard, 1746., Engraved throughout; illustrated with a design after Hogarth's painting 'A midnight modern conversation' at top of plate., and "P. 55"--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
Printed for the proprietors & sold by J. Newbery at the Bible & Sun in St. Paul's Church Yard
Score, copyist's manuscript, with revisions, cuts, and other annotations possibly by Mayr
Alternative Title:
Carretto del venditore d'aceto
Description:
Giovanni Simone Mayr, German composer, teacher, and author., Opera, with libretto by Giuseppe Foppa. First performed 1800., Title from spine., Pages numbered 1-198, rectos only., Pages cropped by binder, with some loss of music., and Binding: contemporary red half calf.